NYU COVID-19 Task Force

Description: In response to the chronic shortage of face masks and face shields at healthcare facilities through the New York area, the task force has spearheaded an inexpensive, open source, production-ready PPE face shield. Prototypes have already been used by emergency medical staff at NYU Langone Brooklyn. Our Face Shield design is being produced by manufacturers in NYC— we have connected NYC EDC with manufacturers that will create 700,000+ Face Shields, and we’re working on more. . The designs are also being shared with other universities around the country.

Status: Ready for production

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Description: Given the heavy reliance on ventilators for treatment of COVID-19 patients and the anticipated shortage of supply, the task force has adapted a blueprint design for a splitter adapter that enables one ventilator to support two to four patients at one time, using materials that are already readily available at emergency care facilities.

Status: In development

Description: Volunteer group led by Black 6 Project will assemble and distribute face shields to NYC hospitals most in need.

Status: Ready for deployment

Description: The NYU Tandon AirMOD provides non-invasive breathing support in the stages before intubation during critical care, and later, when patients are eased off ventilators. The modifications turn CPAP and BiPAP machines into oxygen-enrichment tools and also trap the virus in a patient’s breath with viral filters. Unlike other conversions, these modifications assemble in minutes and exclusively use FDA-approved off-the-shelf components already in stock in hospitals. The AirMOD modifications were reviewed by pulmonologists and physicians at NYU Langone and other centers.

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Status: Ready to deploy

Description: The NYU Tandon AirVENT prevents the transmission of COVID-19 in hospitals caused by sneezing and coughing in waiting rooms and during patient transfers, when providing breathing support with CPAP and BiPAP machines, and while performing intubations. To create a portable personal negative pressure hood, a salon hair dryer has been modified to reverse the direction of the blower and installed with a disposable HEPA filter, leading air to be pulled through the hood and away from the patient and surrounding environment.

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Status: In development